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Patented Feb. 9, 1892.

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UNITED STATES SAMUEL S. WHITE,

PATENT OFFICE.

OF IOLA, KANSAS.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 468,712, dated February 9, 1892.

Application filed May 14, 1891. $erial No. 392,723. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern.-

. Be it known that I, SAMUEL S. W'HITE, a citizen of the United States of America, residing at Iola, in the county of Allen and State of Kansas, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Gates; and I do hereby declare the following to be a full, clear, and exact description of the invention, such as will enable others skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use the same, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, and to letters of reference marked thereon, which form a part of this specification.

This invention relates to improvements in sliding gates.

The object of the invention is to provide a gate with means for holding the same normally closed; and it consists in the construction and combination of the parts, as will be hereinafter fully set forth, and particularly pointed out in the claim.

In the accompanying drawing, forming part of this specificatiomthe figure is a side view of a gate constructed in accordance with my invention.

A and A refer to the end sections of the fence, between which is the gateway, said gateway being closed by the sliding gate B, made up of vertical battens G and C, and a short vertical batten C which support the horizontal rails'of the gate. The end section A of the fencehas a horizontal rail or, located at a greater height than the top rail a of the fence.

The posts D and D are connected to each other not only by the horizontal rails, as shown, but also by bars I) and b, one of which is located immediately beneath the rail to and the other in] mediatel y above the rail a These bars form guides or tracks for the grooved rollers E and E, which are bolted to the short vertical batten of the gate. The gate is also provided with a guide bar or track 0, located immediately beneath the horizontal rail 0, and the gate is further supported or guided by a loop d, attached near the upper end of the post D, through which the horizontal rail 0 at the top of the gate passes.

The post D is provided with a grooved roller f, upon which the bar 0 bears, and above said roller is journaled a pulley g. Pulleys h and dare journaled to the post D, and over these pulleys g, h, and 'i passes a flexible connection G, one end of which carries a weight while the opposite end is made fast to the rear portion of the gate. It will be observed that by this construction the gate is held securely in place against lateral movement or tilting, and that it may be easily slid. backward and forward to open and close the same. It will also be noted that the normal tendency of the weight is to keep the gate closed.

I am aware that prior to my invention it has been proposed to provide sliding gates with supporting-rollers; and I am also aware that it is not broadly new to provide a slidin g gate with grooved supporting-rollers which travel upon rounded bars or tracks to provide a means for holding the gate movably in place; also, that a rope and weight have been used to hold such a sliding gate closed; but

What I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is-

In agate, the combination of a section of fence supported between posts D and D horizontal rails having tracks I) and b, pulleys g, h, and 2', attached to the posts D and D, a roller f, attached near the base of the post D, a bail (Z at the upper end thereof, the gate comprising vertical battens O, C, and C and horizontal rails, the batten (J carrying grooved rollers E and E, a track 0, carried by the gate and adapted to engage with the roller f, and a rope or flexible connection secured to the gate adjacent to the batten C, said rope passing from its connection with the gate around the pulley g to the pulley h and from there to the pulley 1', beyond which it carries a weight, the parts being organized substantially as shown, and for the purpose set forth.

In testimony whereof I affix my signature in presence of two witnesses.

SAMUEL S. IVIIITE.

Witnesses.

H. S. VANDEGRIFT, W. A. CUMMINGS. 

